For sale Detached

Shady Hollow

TOFT ROAD, KNUTSFORD, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE WA16 9EE

6 beds 5 baths 309 m² Listed 30 Sep 2024 (-670d)

£1,995,000

Reduced on 24 Mar 2025

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Property details

Tenure

FREEHOLD

Floor area

309 m²

Council tax band

G

Last sold

£315,000 Aug 1995

Local average

£844,904 (+136.1%)

Deprivation

Decile 10 (33,571 of 33,755)

Street crime

43 incidents within 1 mile (May 2026)

Key features

  • Large and impressive family house in the Legh Road conservation area
  • Six bedrooms, five bathrooms, four reception rooms
  • Gated landscaped gardens and grounds of nearly 3 acres
  • Only a few hundred metres to the town and railway station
  • Planning consent for a substantial extension project increasing the floorspace to around 6500 square feet

Additional details

Electricity
Mains supply
Broadband
Cable
Water
Mains supply
Sewerage
Mains supply
Heating
Gas central
Parking
Yes
Garden
Yes
Listed property
No
Restrictions
No
Required access
No
Rights of way
No
Flooded in last 5 years
No
Flood defences
No

Description

An attractive and impressive detached family house in a superb location within the Legh Road Conservation Area, standing in landscaped gardens and grounds of nearly 3 acres, just a few hundred meters from the town and railway station.
Constructed originally around the 1920’s, and extended and refurbished over recent years the house is presented in good order throughout. It is a lovely family home with rooms of super proportions and accommodation over two floors. There is potential to enlarge and excavate a lower floor area into additional accommodation (subject to planning permission).
Each of the main reception rooms are set out around a spacious oak floored entrance hall and include a front facing study, and a charming part-panelled sitting room with open stone fireplace, a lovely dual aspect over the gardens and a glazed door to a small balcony. There is a spacious dual aspect dining room, again with an open fireplace, and a large multi-use kitchen breakfast living room - another triple aspect room with full height glazing and glass doors to a walk-out balcony at the rear. The kitchen has a range of contemporary floor tiles, hand painted mixed colour cabinets with built-in appliances including an Aga and a huge wooden topped central island and breakfast bar. Next to the kitchen is a family room or morning room currently housing a piano, with a view over the gardens. A side lobby gives access to a utility room and secondary WC and a main guest WC sits off the hallway.
At first floor level there are in all six bedrooms and five bathrooms. The main bedroom enjoys a dual aspect overlooking the gardens with several built-in wardrobes and a good sized en suite bathroom, there are three further equally large double bedrooms with en suite shower rooms, and the remaining two double bedrooms share a good sized family bathroom with freestanding bath and corner shower cubicle.
Externally, entry gates give access to a substantial gravel driveway and there is a detached double garage. The surrounding gardens and grounds are simply wonderful with adjacent formal lawns falling away towards more wooded sections, adjoining Sanctuary Moor at the rear.
To the rear of the house, as the land falls away, are several useful storerooms that open on to the gravelled rear path - one housing the boiler. The topography of the land means that with further excavation a lower floor leading directly onto the garden is possible. Planning consent has been granted (Cheshire East reference numbers 11/1771M and 25/2594/NMA) for a substantial side and rear extension, allowing for the creation of an exceptional detached family residence with an approximate total floor area of 6,500 square feet.
EPC Rating: D

Listed by

Knutsford

Stuart Rushton & Co

Reference: 153177485

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Address Current Potential Floor area Age band Type
Shady Hollow, Toft Road 62 78 309 m² England and Wales: 1900-1929 House
Shady Hollow, Toft Road, KNUTSFORD 62 78 309 m² England and Wales: 1900-1929 Detached

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

Floorplans

All

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Price history

Event Date Price % change
Listed for sale £1,995,000 +533.3%
Sold 29/08/1995 (30 years ago) £315,000

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.

Sold Comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.

Address Price Date Type
20 GRASSFIELD WAY, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AF £551,000 03/12/2025 Detached
45 SUMMERS WAY, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AR £664,000 28/11/2025 Detached
140 GROVE PARK, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8QD £650,000 21/11/2025 Detached
SANCTUM LEGH ROAD, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8LP £1,000,000 12/02/2025 Detached
4 SUMMERS CLOSE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AW £480,000 25/01/2024 Detached
22 ROWLEY WAY, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AU £675,000 11/12/2023 Detached
26 GRASSFIELD WAY, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AF £405,000 01/11/2023 Detached
17 BEXTON LANE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9BW £1,170,000 01/11/2023 Detached
HANSEN HOUSE TOFT ROAD, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9ED £2,550,000 18/05/2023 Detached
THE HOLLIES LEGH ROAD, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8LS £1,075,000 12/05/2023 Detached
5 GRASSFIELD WAY, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AF £876,000 19/12/2022 Detached
26 SUMMERS WAY, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AP £516,000 12/12/2022 Detached
3 SUMMERS CLOSE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AW £495,000 02/12/2022 Detached
101 ASHWORTH PARK, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9DQ £825,000 18/11/2022 Detached
51 GROVE PARK, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8QD £700,000 11/11/2022 Detached
9 LOWLAND WAY, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AG £640,000 31/10/2022 Detached
22 GRASSFIELD WAY, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AF £463,000 10/10/2022 Detached
4 SUMMERS WAY, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AQ £499,950 07/10/2022 Detached
3 SUMMERS WAY, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 9AQ £724,461 20/09/2022 Detached
THE COACH HOUSE LEGH ROAD, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8LP £2,050,000 11/08/2022 Detached

Area average: £850,471 (20 sales)

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth -12%
10y growth 31.2%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Cheshire East. Series: Detached. As of April 2026.

1y (index) 0.9%
5y (index) 20.9%
10y (index) 48.3%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for Cheshire East. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £884/mo
Realistic £982/mo
Optimistic £1,080/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → Cheshire East.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for East Lancs: £793/mo (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)

Location

Address

Croft Lane

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type Name Distance
Shop Paradise Garage 0.2 miles
Shop Asda Express 0.2 miles
Bus stop Bexton, Bexton Lane / Valley Way 0.3 miles
Train station Knutsford 0.4 miles
Hospital Knutsford and District Community Hospital 0.6 miles
Train station Plumley 2.6 miles
Hospital Soss Moss Hospital 4.2 miles
University University of Chester - Warrington Campus 11.1 miles
University University Academy 92 11.7 miles

Street-level crime

Category Count
Violence and sexual offences 21
Public order 7
Shoplifting 4
Anti-social behaviour 3
Other theft 3
Drugs 2
Vehicle crime 2
Burglary 1
Total incidents 43

Within 1 mile during May 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name Type Distance Ofsted
Bexton Primary School Primary 0.4 miles Good — 5 Mar 2018
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School Primary 0.6 miles Good — 6 Jun 2013
Egerton Primary School Primary 0.6 miles Good — 13 Feb 2023
Knutsford Academy Secondary 0.6 miles Good — 25 Nov 2011
Cheshire Studio School Secondary 0.6 miles Good — 3 May 2017

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Rent-driven metrics

Based on Area rent estimate.

Rent ratio 0.05%
Max investor price (0.8%) £122,750
Target investor price (1%) £98,200
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  • Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
  • Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
  • Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).

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